Cotton-picker s stool



(No Model.)

B. RAY.

GOTTON PIOKERS STOOL.

Patented July 22 @MJQ a/ fko'anm h m: NORRIS PETERS cm. PHOTO-LITHO., WASNXNGTDN, n4 0.

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

RICHARD RAY, OF GRIFFIN, GEORGIA.

COTTON-P ICKE RS STOOL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 432,560, dated July 22, 1890. Application filed April 5. 1890. Serial No. 346,751. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD RAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Griffin, in the county of Spaulding and State of Ceorgia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Pickers Stools, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawi n gs.

My invention has for its object to provide a portable stool for the use of cotton-pickers and others whose work requires a stooping position, so constructed that it may be conveniently secured to the person of the user in such a manner that when he stoops said stool will be in proper position for him to sit upon it, and when he rises to change his place the stool will, by means of its attachments to his body, be carried with him without attention on his part or requiring any use of his hands, and will thus always be in convenient position for use.

In the drawings, Figure l is .a side View, partly in sect-ion, of one form of my invention. Fig. 2 is a top View of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of another form of my invention.

A denotes the seat of the stool, the said seat consisting, preferably, of a rectangular piece of wood nailed or otherwise secured to a cross-pieoe or cleat a.

B is the leg of the stool, said leg, as shown in Fig. 1, being provided with a rearwardlyextending safety-brace 0, formed of two pieces of wood nailed together at their rear ends and attached at their separated forward ends to the leg B. This brace O is, for the purpose of preventing the user of the stool from tipping over backward, and it also keeps the leg at all times directly under the seat. The leg 13 is provided at its lower end with a foot-piece b to prevent it from sinking into soft ground.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig.

3 the leg is rigidly attached to the cleat a;

but where my stool is provided with the rearwardly-extendin g safety-brace the seat A preferably has a pivoted or swiveled connection with the leg to permit a person sitting on the stool to turn from side to side easily. This pivoted or swiveled connection of the seat with the leg is shown as being provided for by forming at the top of the leg a round tenon b, which enters a round hole formed through the cleato. and seat A. Between the said seat and the shoulder, at the top of the leg, I preferably place one or two metal plates or washers d, of sufficient extent to afford a good bearing-surface for the cleat and prevent wear of the wood, these washers, when lubricated slightly, contributing very much to easy turning of the seat, the uppersurface of the latter being recessed for the reception of a plate or washer e, secured to the tenon b by a screw f, which thus attaches said seat in place on the leg while permitting it to turn freely.

The stool is attached to the user by means of a cord or strap 9 passing around the front of the users body and preferably provided at one end with a hook g to engage a staple a on the seat, so as to be readily fastened and unfastened. The stool is also preferably provided with a suspending cord or strap 7?, which on being passed over the head of the wearer will rest on his shoulders and will pass thence around in front of and then beneath his arms backward to the stool.

In gathering cotton the picker generally carries a large cotton-receiving bag or sack swung from his right shoulderwith the mouth of the said sack or bag under his left arm; but as the picker moves about he is generally greatly annoyed by the swinging of the bag or sack around to his left side. To remedy this annoyancel provide the seat of my improved stool with a rearwardly-extending bag-guard '2'. (Shown in Fig. 3 as a straight projection on the left-hand end of the stool, but represented in Figs. 1 and 2 as a semicircular band or hoop attached to both ends of the seat.)

hen a bag becomes partly or nearly filled with cotton, the fifteen or twenty pounds weight thereof is generally quite burdensome to'the picker, and I therefore preferably provide my stool with a bag-support, which is below the bag-guard, and which, as herein shown, consists of a swinging shelf 70, suspended by eords 7; from the guard. Bymaking the said shelf semicircular or of the form of the space within said guard said shelf is adapted to be received within the latter when the parts are packed for transportation.

In the form of my invention shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the straps by which the cords or straps g and h are attached to the seat are at or near the front sides of the ends thereof, so that when a person to whom the stool is at tached rises up from the seat thereof the brace C hangs down behind and drags along on the ground, and is thus always in proper position to prevent the user from tipping over backward when he next sits down.

In the form of my invention shown in Fig. 3 the cord or strap attaching staples are preferably about midway of the ends of the seat, so that when the user rises from the said seatthe leg of the stool will swing out behind him in an inclined position, and will fall down into a vertical position when he again stoops to resume his seat.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I provide a cotton-pickers stool which may be conveniently attached to the person of the user, and which when attached will remain in proper position for the picker to sit upon, and when he rises will be carried with him as he walks along. Thus the picker by sitting on the stool will always be in an easy working position, with both hands free for his work, and as his bag or cotton-receptacle will be held out of his way behind him, and will also, when the bag-support is used, be sustained most of the time by said support to the relief of the picker, he will be enabled to work more rapidly and with much more case than without my improved stool.

It will be of course understood that either form of bag-guard maybe used with either form of stool herein shown and described, or that the forms of said bag-guards may be varied, if desired; and it will also be understood that the bag-support maybe used with either form of stool shown or may be omitted altogether, as maybe desired, without departing from the spirit of my invention; also, the shoulder straps or cords h may be omitted, if desired, although they will preferably be employed for convenience and safety.

I claim 1. A cotton-piekers stool consisting of a leg and a seat attached thereto, the said seat being provided with a rearwardly-extending bag-guard, substantially as set forth.

:3. A portable stool consisting of a leg and an attached seat, the latter having a rearwardly-extending bag-guard, and the said stool having one or more straps or cords for attachment to the body of the wearer, substantially as set forth.

3. A portable stool consisting of a leg and an attached seat, the latter having a rearwardly-extending bag-guard, and below and beneath said guard at bag-support, and the said stool having one or more straps or cords for attachment to the body of the wearer, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the leg 13, having a round tenon at its upperend, of the seat A, pivoted or swiveled on said tenon and provided with the rearwardly-extending bagguard, and the rearwardly-extendingbrace 0, attached to said leg, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, with the leg l3, havil'lg a round tenon at its upper end, of the seat A, pivoted or swiveled on said tenon and provided with the rearwardly-extending bagguard, the bag-support beneath the guard, and the rearwardly-extcnding brace (3, at.- tached to said leg, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD RAY.

Witnesses:

E WELL A. DICK, HENRY CALVER. 

